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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, May 31, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple has 'locked down' RF suppliers for next iPhone, may move to advanced filter tech" AppleInsider 5:43 PM
  • "Apple turns over entire inventory every five days" AppleInsider 5:14 PM
  • "Steve Jobs speaks from beyond grave: 'iPads are toys'" The Register 8:49 AM
  • "Steve Jobs film 'like writing about the Beatles' says Sorkin" Crave @ CNET 6:42 AM
  • "Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs film: 'A minefield of disappointment'" Fortune 6:50 AM
  • "Painting a complex portrait of Steve Jobs" TG Daily 12:00 PM
  • "Tony Fadell: The Man Who Invented the iPod/Tony Fadell, the creator of the most iconic product of the last decade--Apple's iPod--talks about the earlier innovations, and missteps, that helped him change personal electronics forever." [Video Report] Inc. 7:19 AM
  • "Apple's Recipe for Success: The former Creative Director for Apple, Ken Segall, says simplicity is key in design and business." [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:07 AM
  • "Apple iPhone enters prepaid world with Cricket: Want a prepaid version of the iPhone? It'll cost you." CNET News 7:18 AM
  • "Leap Wireless, AKA Cricket, to Offer Prepaid iPhone Starting Next Month" AllThingsD 8:18 AM
  • "Leap Wireless to Sell Prepaid iPhone" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:20 AM
  • "Apple comments on pre-paid iPhone" The Loop 1:25 PM
  • "What will happen to the guy who sold the iPad prototype?" ["'I don't know if it was stolen from Apple, or if the person who was working with it kept it,' the man told Wired. 'Judging by how Apple works, it's most likely stolen, but I'm not sure about that.'"] Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:55 AM
  • "Is Facebook building an iTunes/Google Play competitor? While Amazon and Apple have huge leads, Facebook has enough users, personalization, technology, and convenience to gain a foothold selling movie, music, and other digital goods." CNET News 6:31 AM
  • "Mike Daisey blasts Mossberg, Swisher over Tim Cook interview" CNET News 10:02 AM
  • "Claim: Spotify nearly prevented from entering US by Apple?" Electronista 7:19 AM
  • "Crucial's dinner with Woz called off in favor of gift card, donation: The memory-maker says dinner with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is off the table as the grand prize of its contest." CNET News 6:30 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "RIM Patents Illustrate Reinvention of BlackBerry & Beyond" Patent Bolt 1:35 PM
  • "Zombie proof condos sell out" TG Daily 11:34 AM
  • "Lightest Ultrabook on the Planet? Gigabyte Unveils X11 Carbon Fiber Laptop" Techland 11:51 AM
  • "Opera Mini 7 Browser Comes to Basic Phones" PC Magazine 11:05 AM
  • "Giving meaning to the Semantic Web" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:42 AM
  • "Verizon's plan to offer supersonic internet" Fortune 10:38 AM
  • "Freescale pushes wireless recharge" EE Times 10:31 AM
  • "Droid Razr likely to get Ice Cream Sandwich soon" TG Daily 11:42 AM
  • "Asustek, HTC back off from new Chromebook" DigiTimes 10:31 AM
  • "JavaScript founder dismisses Google Native Client: Brendan Eich says forthcoming ECMAScript 6 is sufficient and Native Client lacks necessary vendor support" InfoWorld 10:45 AM
  • "New plugin lets users fix Google's text translations" CNET News 12:30 PM
  • "Google Project Glass: Contact Lenses a 'Long-Term Thing'" Techland 11:50 AM
  • "World Wonders Project: Google Offers Virtual Tours of Famous Sites" Associated Press 11:49 AM
  • "Google's 7in Jelly Bean Android tablet spied in benchmark" Register Hardware 11:45 AM
  • "Android 4.0 tablet for under $400? Say hello to the IdeaTab.: The Android-powered IdeaTab S2109 was introduced by Lenovo this week. The IdeaTab, which is powered by the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, will reportedly retail for $349. " Christian Science Monitor 10:24 AM
  • "Search giants' new features designed to dazzle new users" Boston Globe [Free Registration Required] 10:15 AM
  • "Digital music sales outstrip CDs and records" BBC 8:30 AM
  • "Inside Nokia's Struggle Against the iPhone: Nokia's top-of-the-range Lumia 900 costs $200 less than the cheapest iPhone 4S. But Nokia pays more for the parts. Ben Rooney in London explains how big a problem this is for Nokia." [Video Report] MarketWatch 8:20 AM
  • "Is This the Key to Vastly Better Batteries? One company thinks it's solved a key problem that's been holding back new energy technology." Technology Review 6:41 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Michael E. Cohen Takes Control of iBooks Author" MacVoicesTV 3:48 PM
  • "Nolan Bushnell and Atari on Pong, Steve Jobs, and touch interfaces" TUAW 7:33 AM